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AGXX40 KNHC 300646
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST THU DEC 30 2010

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA 
AND TROPICAL N ATLC...AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

HIGH PRES HAS MOVED E INTO THE ATLC WITH STRONG SLY FLOW ACROSS 
MUCH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH WINDS UP TO 30 KT ACROSS THE NE 
AND MIDDLE GULF WITH SEAS TO 11 FT. STRONG SLY WINDS OVER MOST 
OF THE GULF BY FRI AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST 
AND EXTENDS FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE MEXICAN COAST NEAR 21N97W 
SAT AND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BAY OF CAMPECHE ON SUN 
THEN E OF THE AREA MON. N WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT W OF THE 
FRONT SAT AND SUN. HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS ON MON WITH DECREASING 
WINDS.

HIGH PRES ACROSS THE AREA WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS. LARGE SWELLS 
SLOWLY SUBSIDING FROM W TO E WITH THE LARGEST SWELLS CONFINED TO 
THE E PORTION OF THE AREA E OF 70 BY THIS EVENING AND BELOW 8 FT 
BY THE WEEKEND. AS THE HIGH STRAIGHTENS AND MOVES N OF THE AREA 
AND ELY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT S OF AROUND 25N OVER THE WEEKEND.
COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST SUN NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 
31N71W TO CENTRAL MON. NE WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT BEHIND FRONT

LARGE NLY SWELLS IN THE TROPICAL ATLC AREA TODAY AND SPREAD S 
COVERING THE ENTIRE AREA BY FRI. AS THE ATLC RIDGE BUILDS THE 
TRADES INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN BY THE FRI WITH 
SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FT ACROSS THE SW AND S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN.

WARNINGS..

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT 
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER DGS